Withers Gallery joins Civil Rights Trail, Beale Street’s future explored
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (center) hands Rosalind Withers (right) a plaque enshrining the Withers Collection Museum and Gallery on Beale Street as an official part of National Civil Rights Trail Feb. 6. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The archive of 60 years of Ernest Withers’ photographs joins the national set of historic places as the Beale Street entertainment district marks 10 years of operation and management by the Downtown Memphis Commission.
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